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Paper feeder

  • US 4,763,889 A
  • Filed: 11/29/1985
  • Issued: 08/16/1988
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/13/1981
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A paper feeder comprising:

  • a plurality of storing members for storing sheets;

    feeding means for feeding sheets from one of said storing members selected from among said plurality of storing members;

    first detecting means for detecting the presence or absence of sheets in said plurality of storing members;

    second detecting means for detecting the feeding direction of sheets in said plurality of storing members; and

    controlling means for automatically changing said selected storing member in accordance with the output of said first and second detecting means, wherein said controlling means automatically changes back to a storing member that had been previously selected when said first detecting means detects the presence of sheets in said previously selected storing member after an automatic change therefrom to another said storing member.

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